I just bought one. I also bought the YeahRacing aluminum conversion kit for it. It's also the first for me with this chassis. I just built and finished a TT-02 and upgraded that with the YeahRacing kit but also used a HobbyWing 2s brushless motor and ESC.
I had one of these delivered last week, so I’m not looking forward to those decals! I did get some shocks, but have to say I didn’t realise they were friction shocks in the kit so glad I did, and also a bearing kit. Having seen this I’m looking forward to building it a lot more as it looks fantastic running 👍🏼
Hi Paddlesworth RC cheers for checking out video out :) Tamiya rally series sounds ace ! Funny enough I run an indoor rc car club near Blackpool we have touring/rally class, good luck with your new track ;)
Back in the day Andy I was lucky enough to have owned a White Mk 2 Escort!! It was a great car when it was running Lol love that kit looks great and brings back a few memories for me👍😄
Great stuff glad you enjoyed it Ian , tbh I prefer Mark 1 escorts but the mk2 is pretty nice so I’m pleased with it, I’d have to sell my Land Rover to afford a real Ford , but I like my Land Rover to much ;)
Ian Me too. First car i ever bought. White mk2 Escort. Bought second hand for £250. It was in good condition too. I remember the wheel arches starting to turn to dust pretty quickly though, lol.
This is going to be my first to me a Tamiya build I have this one and the Benz 190 white and green I think I'm going to build this one first just waiting for the ball bearings and this one's already painted.
I use a magnet that I stole of the back of a lovely fridge ornament. It's on one of those key rings that you can clip to your belt loop. I stick the little R clips on it because I have lost so many of them in the past.
Wow, that car looks so good!! As you said, friction dampers are a basically useless, apart from bearings they'd be the first thing I'd replace. It seems to run really, really well, I love the way the back end steps out, like a 2WD ;) Excellent video, look forward to the next one.
Hi Andy. I just want to say thanks for the advice. I fitted the alloy driveshaft and the Yeah racing shocks and also a Abisma 12 Turn Brushed motor and the car handles fantastic and goes really well. So thanks very much for your help.
Hi Greg, no worries at all and my pleasure , glad your happy with how your escort runs after the upgrades, glad it’s not just me talking hot air ;) thanks for letting me know and enjoy your car
@@andyrobinsonrc2480 Thanks mate. I have just tried a 2s LIPO it really transformed the car. I got to say it’s the best Car I have ever built. Thanks again mate.
Love it mate. I have a real mk 2 RS2000 in red with fire under bonnet damage that I'm very lucky to be restoring. "Was my late brothers car" And I'm going to get one of these Tamiya kits grate looking car our Brenda. That's the code name ford gave the mk 2 escort when it was being designed. Take good care yourself son.
Hi squidink1 many thanks for your comment the RC escort is great fun I totally recommend it. I’d love a real escort as well but can’t afford one currently , I do have a 1955 Land Rover though :) take care and cheers for your support
I struggled with the front grill decal, the window decals, the stripes, the headlights, reg plates, door handles and wiper arms..other than that it was easy😆
there was a lot of talk about this being wrong on a 4wd chassis, but I think Tamiya have really got it right with the rear motor, looks like it's slidable without being completely uncontrollable like I imagine a solely RWD car with that wheelbase would be. Looks great!
Hi James , thanks for messaging if it had been a different body shell I don’t think there would have been the controversy . I can see where people are coming from , but as a driveable toy model it goes really well I like it a lot
Ha ha ha, 5 thousand views in a day! Well done Andy. I imagine this is the most decisive review out there for anybody who is unsure about buying this car. Would really like to see you review it again with better shocks.
Cheers Mark much appreciated , if only I got that many views for all my vids ;) I’ll do a packages of upgrades at some point and re-review it shock will be on there shortly though, thank you for watching :)
Yes I think a few people are putting the body on an m08 which is cool but it won’t have the height of a rally car I guess but if it’s going on flat ground it wound matter , quite agree the shocks are awful lol
Absolutely awesome 😎, it looks just as good as the picture on the box, but I think I would upgrade it to the hilt for speed and suspension. Great vid mate thanks 👍👍👍👍👍👍😎🙏🏻
Hi there buster , cheers for watching the video glad you liked it, it’s certainly a cool RC car. I’ll be doing a few more upgrades to it but not going overly mad as I’m not racing it I don’t think
Like others super glad it's not on a shelf. I have the body on order to put on my m-06 chassis. I haven't seen the wheels in blue available seperate yet. So I may make mine more of a pavement car and put on the vw rally/mini Cooper wheels. I honestly prefer the m-chassis 60D sized tires and wheels on the car.
Hi Jeremy , yeah I like to run it at least a bit, just having a light kit fitted to it currently. Yes the m-chassis wheels look spot on, on the escort, must admit I was thinking of putting on the silver copper wheels on the Escort as well. Enjoy it when you get the body for your M06
I like that! Very nice mover, nice looker, and I like the sound of the motor. I thought it might be a bit of a damp squib, but I'm impressed with that Tamiya Escort. Decals and body do look a fiddle though.
Hi Tom, cheers for commenting and watching. The escort is ace and now I’ve changed it to some better shocks it’s even better. Decals are tricky though. If deff recommend one though :)
Wow really nice looking car! Just getting back into the interest of this hobby after 35 years. I would leave it 4WD performs really well but yeah understand the 2WD purist thing also. Would be interesting to remove a front drive shaft to make it 2wd and see how it performs. It does look like a fun awsome Ford to drive.
Thanks for messaging :) thank you. It’s a great hobby to be in. It will stay 4WD but I may disconnect the prop and try it 2wd. It’s 100% fun to drive :)
Hi there cheers for watching the video , hope you liked it, what colour are you spraying yours ? The mods do make a good difference especially the oil shocks :)
@@andyrobinsonrc2480 i'm using a M06 chassis and going a oyster gold and got the stickers for it with my old reg, not my normal taste even if I am building General Lee as well I come from hornets of the 80's and SRB restro is kool
It’s cool as the m06 is a rwd chassis as traditionally the Escort should be as well. I’ve always like my 2wd off road buggies and have a soft spot for the hornet chassis
Damn! That Ezzy looks great. To viewers of a certain age who are into motorsports, it definitely has a place in their hearts. I can see why Tamiya went with a 4wd chassis - relatively easy to make it step out, but not uncontrollable. Why they never put oil filled shocks in the kit is a bit of a disappointment though. Cheers, Andy!
Hey hey cheers for the comment , yes the friction shocks are a massive let down on it, I shall replace them soon. A lot of people want this body on another chassis, but so far I’m happy with it
Lovely Escort MK2 and cool video and presentation. I think that the performance pf this car is very scale and suitable for it. Good you went for the 17T pinion because the 16T would be too low. I think even an 18T would be fine, bot not sure whether that fits, depending on motor position available options. The sound of it is nice as well and I like your driving style, with excellent throttle control which makes the model move around nicely. I built a Tamiya Racing Fighter buggy last year (DT-03 chassis) it's RWD and it handles really well. I love it. I dropped in a 3300kv brushless motor and 19T pinion instead of the standard Torque tuned brushed motor and 17T and it's pretty fast now but still controlable on 2s Lipo battery. Speed is nice but beyond a certain limit, more of it is of no extra benefit or fun. Cheers guys keep up the good work!
Thanks for watching and commenting , I agree with you that when the car is in motion it’s very scale looking and not unrealistic. I have a racing fighter as well , the black edition it’s w nice driving buggy especially with some added weight up front. I’m also a big fan of its predecessor the dt02 my fav buggy of the more modern Tamiya’s. Take care and thanks for getting in touch
Great vid bud my only negative comment would be with Tamiya ... you being back the most iconic 2wd car in history and out it on a 4wd chassis 🤦♂️ good. Is though bud
Many thanks , I think Tamiya released it as a 4WD as generally it will be a lot easier for majority of people to drive it, RWD might be a bit tricky for some
Cheers Dave Day , I built the car to the letter in the manual and the tie rods are the correct length with a 17mm gap between the plastic ends, but I’ll double check just in case :)
It's really cool! Like you mentioned, I'm also more of a buggy guy! The chassis is really cool, I wonder if they done a buggy version of it, sort of like the TT-02B? In a very distant future, maybe I'd look into trying that... That chassis looks so good!
Thanks , it’s definitely fun to drive not sure if they will do a buggy variant but with Tamiya who knows , I think It would be similar to a tl01b if they did
Nice one Andy, good review. Be interesting to see how it goes after the slight upgrades it seems like your planning. I wonder will you still be able to slide the back end with different suspension. Was very surprised you could with it being 4WD. I guess the chassis stiffness helps as well as the grip of the tyres and the surface. Shame to see you are well used to potholed British roads. :-)
Hi Mark, cheers for watching and commenting. I will do a new video on the escort as soon as I can , weather has been rubbish recently. I have tried the new shocks and they work well the car tracks much better and is More stable but you can still get the rest end out although not as easy. Yes the roads do suck ha ha ;)
The chassis is quite similar to a tl01 crossed with an m03 , the prop is similar but a different length and it sit on the side of the chassis like the tl01
Hi Smiley, cheers glad you like the Tee. Majority of Tamiya’s are pretty easy to build , the instructions are very good when it comes to building them, I’d say the Escort is a good kit to build there’s only one tricky bit I’d say and that when you mount the servo for the steering. Have you looked at any other RC cars?
I was thinking getting back into hthe hobby..(did 8 years before) ...wa slooking at this kit here in finland and its like 150€, wihout speed controller... I used to have (heavily)modded xray 2015 as a drift car and with couple spesific bodies, it also won some prices for looks lol.. but this.. im thinkin of building either 1:8 rallye kit of some kind, OR buy something like a 1:10 sized cheap tamiya kit and the objective is to make the car be able to do rally (gravel) AND then change it to a drifter whenever i want.. are there good h"hop-up" options for this particular tamiya chassis, so that it could be made in to a drifter chassis? :O
Hi there I’m sure you could get them the mfx01 escort to drift but there’s no specific hop ups I’m aware of to make it drift. Tamiya did Do a tt01d chassis which could drift although I think it’s just a 4WD chassis with drift wheels, ftx banzai is another 4WD drift chassis that comes RTR, you could just change the body. All the high end drift chassis are RWD though.
@@andyrobinsonrc2480 I know i used to have a RWD drifter with the stupid gyro and all other nullshit but they are so stupid :D there are high end 4wd drifters too and when i was still in the hobby, it wqs WAY easier to find 4wd drift competitions here compared to RWD.. the rwd side of the drift side is kinda ridiculous.. the cars dont even look real at all with the ridiculous over 90 degree steerinfg angles etc :D im just gonna make something fore fun stuff this time.. :P
Hi Jenny , I really like it , it’s still bouncy it needs thoes oil shocks lol. I think it’s the extra length wheelbase that stops it being as boucy as they beetle. Thanks for watching :)
@@jennyetherington3326 Did you use the double cardan CVDs on your’s? I hand those in my Jimny before putting the Monster Beetle Tr’s portals on it and managed to have the pin retaining clips disappear off the front!?
Good Morning Andy. Can i ask another question about the mounting of the steering servo , You mentioned a measurement of 24mm , just to be sure where is the measurement from & too , I tried to see what you are talking about but i could not work it out. Thanks Andy.
The measurement is taken from where the servo mints onto the servo mount to the top of the servo save the distance should be 24 mm it does show you in the Tamiya kit manual, hope this helps
@@andyrobinsonrc2480 Hi Mate. Thanks for your help. I want to get some shocks like the ones you have fitted just wondered what shop did you buy them from? Thanks again mate i love your channel very informative .
Very beautiful car and thank you for sharing. If a slow video taking can go round the car and bottom chassis should be useful. Kjust a suugestion to understand more of the Escort.
Hi Rene, cheers for watching , no this is new release from Tamiya kit 58687 only released a few days ago. The chassis has been used before by Tamiya with beetle rally , g-wagen and Suzuki jimny ;)
Cheers Robert , it’s quite nippy for what it is but I’ll be making it a little quicker , like you say purists will prefer 2wd but for what is essentially a toy I like it as it is
Hello. Cheers for watching glad you liked the video. I love this car has a cool scale look and it drives more like a rwd car than you might think with it being 4wd
Cheers Ciderpang 27 I’m actually a fan of the blue wheels but the mo3/05 wheels are silver do you could buy them I guess , yep my radio is a sanea/hitec 49hz combo. Many thanks
Thanks Chris , it’s definitely a looker once built :) it goes pretty well also. You can buy a light kit for it which i think it needs. Might be getting one sorted for it
@@andyrobinsonrc2480 I had one them years ago I built it comes with 3 different cog wheels you can change over one for grass one for sand one for rock 👍
I can't wait to build mine! Since you love rally RC cars, you might want to check my Tamiya Rally RC content. :) Thanks for the tip on building the MFO1x!!
Andy had to subscribe to your channel,watched your videos on this, ivd got to get one, you got upload any upgrades you do awesome. Got to ask you were you get your crapes i love all that stuff and would love a pair
Hi Mollski cheers for subscribing and watching. I will be upgrading it a little bit but there are currently no stock or very litre so will wait to more upgrades are available to buy. I bought my creepers off eBay they are made but company called underground shoes.
@@andyrobinsonrc2480 thank you for quick reply, keep uploading the videos will be getting mine next week, not looking forward to putting the stickers on,im getting those shoes mate
Hi tmx321 to be honest I can’t give you and honest opinion as I’ve not driven it owned an xv01 how ever with that being a dedicated rally chassis and much more tuneable I’d still say it will be a better chassis than the mf01x . The mf01x though is great fun and slides about nicely if you want it to
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At last.A video where someone drives the model, not just puts on a shelf.great stuff
Hi Ian, cheers, thanks for watching it’s definitely one for driving besides parts are easy to get in general so might as well use it
Nice paint job. Tamiya cars take me back to 80s and 90s. Simple yet fun!
Exactly I think Tamiya is probably the brand that has the most nostalgia for people only because if the sheer amount of memorable models they made
Since I was a child I love this type of rally car, I remember Ari Vatanen in the Acropolis Rally, a beauty of a car.Nice Job ..!!
Thank you very much , love the older rally cars, bags of character to them. Cheers for watching ;)
I just bought one. I also bought the YeahRacing aluminum conversion kit for it. It's also the first for me with this chassis. I just built and finished a TT-02 and upgraded that with the YeahRacing kit but also used a HobbyWing 2s brushless motor and ESC.
Very cool looking model. Congratulations on being the first to make a running video. Looks so much more appealing running!
Hi there , thanks for commenting , it definitely needed running rather than Being sat on a shelf ;)
Only thing missing is perhaps some fitting sidemirrors & a lightkit besides oil shocks.
Hi Marcus, I have the side mirrors in the box , I don’t fit them incase they got broke if I decide to race it;)
I had one of these delivered last week, so I’m not looking forward to those decals! I did get some shocks, but have to say I didn’t realise they were friction shocks in the kit so glad I did, and also a bearing kit. Having seen this I’m looking forward to building it a lot more as it looks fantastic running 👍🏼
It looks so realistic! I'm a huge fan of the rallying and directly subbed!
Cheers glad you like it , I try and do an eclectic mix of RC cars mainly off-road and vintage rc things ;) cheers
Great vid we are build a tamiya rally track at Paddlesworth and I believe there is going to be a rally series in the UK 🤞
Hi Paddlesworth RC cheers for checking out video out :) Tamiya rally series sounds ace ! Funny enough I run an indoor rc car club near Blackpool we have touring/rally class, good luck with your new track ;)
Back in the day Andy I was lucky enough to have owned a White Mk 2 Escort!! It was a great car when it was running Lol love that kit looks great and brings back a few memories for me👍😄
Great stuff glad you enjoyed it Ian , tbh I prefer Mark 1 escorts but the mk2 is pretty nice so I’m pleased with it, I’d have to sell my Land Rover to afford a real Ford , but I like my Land Rover to much ;)
Ian
Me too. First car i ever bought. White mk2 Escort. Bought second hand for £250. It was in good condition too. I remember the wheel arches starting to turn to dust pretty quickly though, lol.
Ha yes mine was White and Rust to 😂🤣
This is going to be my first to me a Tamiya build I have this one and the Benz 190 white and green I think I'm going to build this one first just waiting for the ball bearings and this one's already painted.
I wish tamiya made the talbot Sunbeam too!!! Rwd Rallye classics!!!
That would be cool! You can buy a a sunbeam body , I’ve seen one maybe by L&L models not 100% though on that
Thanks! A question: This chassis can be built with rear and front wheel drive?
I use a magnet that I stole of the back of a lovely fridge ornament. It's on one of those key rings that you can clip to your belt loop. I stick the little R clips on it because I have lost so many of them in the past.
I know there terrible for pinging off and not being able to find them, cheers captain
Wow, that car looks so good!! As you said, friction dampers are a basically useless, apart from bearings they'd be the first thing I'd replace. It seems to run really, really well, I love the way the back end steps out, like a 2WD ;) Excellent video, look forward to the next one.
Cool mate. I was on the fence about this car until I watched this video. The list of hop ups are long too. I can't wait. Thanks for the video.
Hi Mick no worries, glad you’ve decided to get one as it’s such a cool car, enjoy it and enjoy the build ;) my pleasure
That is one of the best ground street cars I've seen only changes I'd had made would be no body clips and some interior.
Thank you Lane , I would like to out a cockpit interior in :) cheers
That's very nice!!
I'm looking forward to the launch in Japan.
Good stuff hope you enjoy it ;)
@@andyrobinsonrc2480 Thank you. We're gonna have a fun rc life!:)
Mine came yesterday, so preparing for the build. Great video !!!
Thank you Andrew , enjoy the build , I think you’ll like it :)
Looking great, Tamiya comes up with another great looking iconic car, i would locve to see a number of these on a track together 👍👍👍👍👍
I like how the back comes out due to the motor placement. I now want one badly!
It’s worth getting and it’s certainly fun to drive :)
Looks really nice Andy, now im getting even more tempted to get one.
Thank you Mattias , get one I don’t think you will be disappointed :) cheers again
Nice ! Got mine on order will be my added to my collection and join my TA02 Mk1 and Sakura D4 Drift Mk2 1600s
Enjoy the kit when you get it it’s great fun :)
That thing looks good. The rear Slides around like the real one
Cheers Sean thank you , yes it slides well I think the weight distribution on the cars helps with that
Hi Andy. I just want to say thanks for the advice. I fitted the alloy driveshaft and the Yeah racing shocks and also a Abisma 12 Turn Brushed motor and the car handles fantastic and goes really well. So thanks very much for your help.
Hi Greg, no worries at all and my pleasure , glad your happy with how your escort runs after the upgrades, glad it’s not just me talking hot air ;) thanks for letting me know and enjoy your car
@@andyrobinsonrc2480 Thanks mate. I have just tried a 2s LIPO it really transformed the car. I got to say it’s the best Car I have ever built. Thanks again mate.
Love it mate. I have a real mk 2 RS2000 in red with fire under bonnet damage that I'm very lucky to be restoring. "Was my late brothers car" And I'm going to get one of these Tamiya kits grate looking car our Brenda. That's the code name ford gave the mk 2 escort when it was being designed. Take good care yourself son.
Hi squidink1 many thanks for your comment the RC escort is great fun I totally recommend it. I’d love a real escort as well but can’t afford one currently , I do have a 1955 Land Rover though :) take care and cheers for your support
The Ford Escort is a real rocket that also drifts! You surprised me with that, think it's amazing!
Thanks very much, cheers for watching and messaging. I’m doing a new video very soon with the new alloy shocks I’ve put on, makes such a difference
I struggled with the front grill decal, the window decals, the stripes, the headlights, reg plates, door handles and wiper arms..other than that it was easy😆
You done a great job. Looks awesome, thanks for sharing
Thank you very much and thanks for messaging
Excellent build Andy! Love those old euro Scorts!!! Especially that one!👍🏻👊🏼❤️
Thank you very much cheers for watching and for your support :)
there was a lot of talk about this being wrong on a 4wd chassis, but I think Tamiya have really got it right with the rear motor, looks like it's slidable without being completely uncontrollable like I imagine a solely RWD car with that wheelbase would be. Looks great!
Hi James , thanks for messaging if it had been a different body shell I don’t think there would have been the controversy . I can see where people are coming from , but as a driveable toy model it goes really well I like it a lot
Ha ha ha, 5 thousand views in a day! Well done Andy. I imagine this is the most decisive review out there for anybody who is unsure about buying this car. Would really like to see you review it again with better shocks.
Cheers Mark much appreciated , if only I got that many views for all my vids ;) I’ll do a packages of upgrades at some point and re-review it shock will be on there shortly though, thank you for watching :)
just ordered mine.... great video.... hi from New Zealand :)
Hope you enjoy it, it’s a great and very fun RC to drive , thanks for your support ;)
Building mine now and definitely watch the sevo spacers 👍
Enjoy it, yes you ha W to get them all spaced correctly , hope it goes well ;)
Thanks for sharing.. I'm a tamiya fan
And ford escort fan 👍👍
Have a grasshopper and a scooby so might need a new addition soon
That’s not a bad list of likes, Tamiya and escorts ;) for me it’s Tamiya’s and land rovers ;) it’s a cool kit and I’d recommend one ;) cheers fella
Thanks for the reply @@andyrobinsonrc2480
A rc land rover crawler would be nice 👍
Gorgeous Escort 👍👍
Thank you get much
NICE! My first car was a MK2 Escort in white. This model looks fantastic.
Hi David I can highly recorded it :) thanks for watching
looks great, I have the escort and an m-08 concept chassis not built yet. The shocks are shocking!
Yes I think a few people are putting the body on an m08 which is cool but it won’t have the height of a rally car I guess but if it’s going on flat ground it wound matter , quite agree the shocks are awful lol
Your shoes are next level man!
Thank you very much Simone cheers ;)
Absolutely awesome 😎, it looks just as good as the picture on the box, but I think I would upgrade it to the hilt for speed and suspension. Great vid mate thanks 👍👍👍👍👍👍😎🙏🏻
Hi there buster , cheers for watching the video glad you liked it, it’s certainly a cool RC car. I’ll be doing a few more upgrades to it but not going overly mad as I’m not racing it I don’t think
Nice model, always like Mk2 Escorts
Another new sub after seeing down at Blackpool Model Show
Cheers ;) yeah I loved this model and I do like Ford escorts as well. Great to see you at the model show in Blackpool, thank you for subbing :)
Thank you for actually driving yours and not just sitting it on a shelf.
No worries , all my cars get used in some capacity , some more than others but undo use them all
@@andyrobinsonrc2480 Thats awesome!!! I'd run the hell out of this lil thing.
Great explanation of your build! Love the escort remove the front dog bones to make it rwd for the realism and you are good to go
Hi Jesse, cheers for watching, I may just give it a run to see what it’s like in 2wd , it would be fun to try
I used to do that with my old Tamiya Hotshot II, would run it front or rear drive sometimes just for a giggle 👍
That thing looks awesome
Many thanks :) it’s a cool looking RC , take care
Reminds me of the old TL01 chassis, not a competitive car, but a great basher!
Hi Cian that’s what I thought , it’s very tlo1 like crossed with an m03
Looks a lot better with the body mounts cut.
Cheers Andrew , yes it does. I think touring cars scale cars look better like that
I love this chassis mate . Mark Bryan sent me over so checking your stuff out 👍
Hellooo, cheers for checking the channel out. Hope you enjoy the channel much appreciated (cheers mark)
I think sticking with 4WD is probably a good idea tbh. Looks lovely
Cheers Damian appreciate it , i think it’s great and I’m certainly not disappointed with it so far ;)
Like others super glad it's not on a shelf. I have the body on order to put on my m-06 chassis. I haven't seen the wheels in blue available seperate yet. So I may make mine more of a pavement car and put on the vw rally/mini Cooper wheels. I honestly prefer the m-chassis 60D sized tires and wheels on the car.
Hi Jeremy , yeah I like to run it at least a bit, just having a light kit fitted to it currently. Yes the m-chassis wheels look spot on, on the escort, must admit I was thinking of putting on the silver copper wheels on the Escort as well. Enjoy it when you get the body for your M06
im a ford guy love this mate very very cool😊🤟👍😎🇬🇧👊
Sounds and runs just like my old Escort Cosworth
Hi Steve glad you liked the video , thanks for watching and commenting ;)
Watching it, it does give the impression of RWD they way the back end slides 👍
I thought that as well I think it how the weight it distributed throughout the chassis
@@andyrobinsonrc2480 Hanging the motor out the back of the chassis does seem to help in that regard from the looks of it.
Yeah quite agree , it works well it’s the same as the beetle rally as well which is another rwd car
I like that! Very nice mover, nice looker, and I like the sound of the motor. I thought it might be a bit of a damp squib, but I'm impressed with that Tamiya Escort. Decals and body do look a fiddle though.
Hi Tom, cheers for commenting and watching. The escort is ace and now I’ve changed it to some better shocks it’s even better. Decals are tricky though. If deff recommend one though :)
Nice video....car looks cool and balanced handling looks easy to drive...nice one!
Hi Gary cheers for the comments if you look at the follow up video it drives even better with the alloy shocks, cheers
Wow really nice looking car! Just getting back into the interest of this hobby after 35 years. I would leave it 4WD performs really well but yeah understand the 2WD purist thing also. Would be interesting to remove a front drive shaft to make it 2wd and see how it performs. It does look like a fun awsome Ford to drive.
Thanks for messaging :) thank you. It’s a great hobby to be in. It will stay 4WD but I may disconnect the prop and try it 2wd. It’s 100% fun to drive :)
FWIW the bodyshell fits on the Tamiya M-08 chassis for pure RWD.
A mk2 that you can race through the day and place on your windowsill at night!
Ha ha cheers for the comment , essentially yep that’s what I’m doing use it in the day shelf at night ;)
Awesome!!! Great job on the camera too👍
Cheers Mad-Bee , thanks for watching , credit for camera work goes to my lad
Take out the centre propshaft and the front dogbones,drive it like a proper Escort,full RWD
The tire tread seems completely new for them.
These tyres have been available for a for a while , also find them
In on the m03/m05 Mini Monte Carlo , 2cv sand rally, beetle rally etc
Looks good, I have bought a body to paint up to do up as my old 1600 sport and I like the ideas for the mods
Hi there cheers for watching the video , hope you liked it, what colour are you spraying yours ? The mods do make a good difference especially the oil shocks :)
@@andyrobinsonrc2480 i'm using a M06 chassis and going a oyster gold and got the stickers for it with my old reg, not my normal taste even if I am building General Lee as well I come from hornets of the 80's and SRB restro is kool
It’s cool as the m06 is a rwd chassis as traditionally the Escort should be as well. I’ve always like my 2wd off road buggies and have a soft spot for the hornet chassis
Awesome video 👏😎 thank you for sharing 👍
Hi Tom thanks for watching and my pleasure :)
Damn! That Ezzy looks great. To viewers of a certain age who are into motorsports, it definitely has a place in their hearts. I can see why Tamiya went with a 4wd chassis - relatively easy to make it step out, but not uncontrollable. Why they never put oil filled shocks in the kit is a bit of a disappointment though. Cheers, Andy!
Hey hey cheers for the comment , yes the friction shocks are a massive let down on it, I shall replace them soon. A lot of people want this body on another chassis, but so far I’m happy with it
Lovely Escort MK2 and cool video and presentation. I think that the performance pf this car is very scale and suitable for it. Good you went for the 17T pinion because the 16T would be too low. I think even an 18T would be fine, bot not sure whether that fits, depending on motor position available options. The sound of it is nice as well and I like your driving style, with excellent throttle control which makes the model move around nicely.
I built a Tamiya Racing Fighter buggy last year (DT-03 chassis) it's RWD and it handles really well. I love it. I dropped in a 3300kv brushless motor and 19T pinion instead of the standard Torque tuned brushed motor and 17T and it's pretty fast now but still controlable on 2s Lipo battery.
Speed is nice but beyond a certain limit, more of it is of no extra benefit or fun. Cheers guys keep up the good work!
Thanks for watching and commenting , I agree with you that when the car is in motion it’s very scale looking and not unrealistic. I have a racing fighter as well , the black edition it’s w nice driving buggy especially with some added weight up front. I’m also a big fan of its predecessor the dt02 my fav buggy of the more modern Tamiya’s. Take care and thanks for getting in touch
That looks awesome dude.
Thank you very much
Blue Sharpie works wonders mate 👍
It does indeed Lee ;) just need to find the right blue ;)
Good review, and great camera work 🙂👍 ps Love the br*thel creepers. You don't see them much these days 😎👍
Hi there , thank you very much for commenting and watching , glad you enjoyed it. Yes I love my creepers , love my rockabilly and psychobilly music ;)
Such BEAUTY
Cheers Ian thank you very much :)
Cool shirt! Looks like a fun kit
Cheers fella ;) it’s great looking and fun to drive , can recommend it
Great vid bud my only negative comment would be with Tamiya ... you being back the most iconic 2wd car in history and out it on a 4wd chassis 🤦♂️ good. Is though bud
Many thanks , I think Tamiya released it as a 4WD as generally it will be a lot easier for majority of people to drive it, RWD might be a bit tricky for some
Great video my friend
Thank you , glad you enjoyed it cheers for watching
Thr front wheels should be toed in. Yours are visibly toed out. Maybe that's why we never dee it run straight.
Cheers Dave Day , I built the car to the letter in the manual and the tie rods are the correct length with a 17mm gap between the plastic ends, but I’ll double check just in case :)
That is just fantastic!
Hi Steven, thanks very much , much appreciated
Turned out nice
Thanks Eric , I’m pretty pleased with it :) Cheers for the comment
It's really cool! Like you mentioned, I'm also more of a buggy guy! The chassis is really cool, I wonder if they done a buggy version of it, sort of like the TT-02B? In a very distant future, maybe I'd look into trying that... That chassis looks so good!
Thanks , it’s definitely fun to drive not sure if they will do a buggy variant but with Tamiya who knows , I think
It would be similar to a tl01b if they did
May be TL01B arms might fit they fit the M03/FF02 😁
Nice run ❗️
Cheers Daniel thanks very much
I like the body of the car 👌
Cheers , it’s a real looker and it goes well
Watching and Enjoying 👊🏻👍🏻
Thank you
Nice one Andy, good review. Be interesting to see how it goes after the slight upgrades it seems like your planning. I wonder will you still be able to slide the back end with different suspension. Was very surprised you could with it being 4WD. I guess the chassis stiffness helps as well as the grip of the tyres and the surface. Shame to see you are well used to potholed British roads. :-)
Hi Mark, cheers for watching and commenting. I will do a new video on the escort as soon as I can , weather has been rubbish recently. I have tried the new shocks and they work well the car tracks much better and is More stable but you can still get the rest end out although not as easy. Yes the roads do suck ha ha ;)
dont ever get out of the boat- and never set your clips down- great looking rally car
I know was a stupid thing to do , but I did find another in the end , cheers for watching and messaging
That driveshaft on that car looks like they got it off the TL01.
The chassis is quite similar to a tl01 crossed with an m03 , the prop is similar but a different length and it sit on the side of the chassis like the tl01
Cool Misfits Tee man.... so I’m a complete novice to RC’s would it be a easy one for me to get and make?.... looks awesome!!! Cheers 🤘😎🤘
Hi Smiley, cheers glad you like the Tee. Majority of Tamiya’s are pretty easy to build , the instructions are very good when it comes to building them, I’d say the Escort is a good kit to build there’s only one tricky bit I’d say and that when you mount the servo for the steering. Have you looked at any other RC cars?
@@andyrobinsonrc2480 thanks Andy.... ha ha funny you mention it... yup I’m now looking at Volkswagen Beetle Rally!! Cheers
Sweet! Cheers mate.
My pleasure cheers for watching ;)
I was thinking getting back into hthe hobby..(did 8 years before) ...wa slooking at this kit here in finland and its like 150€, wihout speed controller... I used to have (heavily)modded xray 2015 as a drift car and with couple spesific bodies, it also won some prices for looks lol.. but this.. im thinkin of building either 1:8 rallye kit of some kind, OR buy something like a
1:10 sized cheap tamiya kit and the objective is to make the car be able to do rally (gravel) AND then change it to a drifter whenever i want.. are there good h"hop-up" options for this particular tamiya chassis, so that it could be made in to a drifter chassis? :O
Hi there I’m sure you could get them the mfx01 escort to drift but there’s no specific hop ups I’m aware of to make it drift. Tamiya did Do a tt01d chassis which could drift although I think it’s just a 4WD chassis with drift wheels, ftx banzai is another 4WD drift chassis that comes RTR, you could just change the body. All the high end drift chassis are RWD though.
@@andyrobinsonrc2480 I know i used to have a RWD drifter with the stupid gyro and all other nullshit but they are so stupid :D there are high end 4wd drifters too and when i was still in the hobby, it wqs
WAY easier to find 4wd drift competitions here compared to RWD.. the rwd side of the drift side is kinda ridiculous.. the cars dont even look real at all with the ridiculous over 90 degree steerinfg angles etc :D im just gonna make something fore fun stuff this time.. :P
It's great isn't it 😀 doesn't bounce as much as my Beetle though..
Definitely get yourself some CVA's though. Great Video Andy.
Hi Jenny , I really like it , it’s still bouncy it needs thoes oil shocks lol. I think it’s the extra length wheelbase that stops it being as boucy as they beetle. Thanks for watching :)
@@andyrobinsonrc2480 my Beetle was terrible to i put CVA's on it. Glad it turned out good great action shots Andy loved it too 😊
@@jennyetherington3326 Did you use the double cardan CVDs on your’s? I hand those in my Jimny before putting the Monster Beetle Tr’s portals on it and managed to have the pin retaining clips disappear off the front!?
Great video
Cheers mk1Jack much appreciated
Good Morning Andy. Can i ask another question about the mounting of the steering servo , You mentioned a measurement of 24mm , just to be sure where is the measurement from & too , I tried to see what you are talking about but i could not work it out. Thanks Andy.
The measurement is taken from where the servo mints onto the servo mount to the top of the servo save the distance should be 24 mm it does show you in the Tamiya kit manual, hope this helps
@@andyrobinsonrc2480 Hi Mate. Thanks for your help. I want to get some shocks like the ones you have fitted just wondered what shop did you buy them from? Thanks again mate i love your channel very informative .
Very beautiful car and thank you for sharing. If a slow video taking can go round the car and bottom chassis should be useful. Kjust a suugestion to understand more of the Escort.
Really great video,this is old car🥰👏
Hi Rene, cheers for watching , no this is new release from Tamiya kit 58687 only released a few days ago. The chassis has been used before by Tamiya with beetle rally , g-wagen and Suzuki jimny ;)
@@andyrobinsonrc2480 ohhhh great thanks for sharing 🥰👍
No worries :) x
Looks great and fast too ! Purists will prefer 2 wheel drive but the benefits of 4 wheel drive is surely worth the sacrifice.
Cheers Robert , it’s quite nippy for what it is but I’ll be making it a little quicker , like you say purists will prefer 2wd but for what is essentially a toy I like it as it is
Should definite be 2wd
thats sick do they do petrol version mate ?
Hi Deedee I’m afraid not this has only been released as an electric car so far
I too am a fan of escorts!
They are cool cars, cheers for messaging
@@andyrobinsonrc2480 I was making a joke about the “other type of escorts” but yes they are lovely!
Looks very cool. Nice sideways driving too - the only way a rally car should be driven
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Hello. Cheers for watching glad you liked the video. I love this car has a cool scale look and it drives more like a rwd car than you might think with it being 4wd
@@andyrobinsonrc2480
Yeah, it looks like RWD when you drive it in the vid.
Came today andy from just build
Enjoy it mollski it’s good fun to build :)
Not your fault but the wheels and tyres seem too small, good work on shell
I know what you mean but even the full size car never had big wheels prob between 10-13 inch mini lite wheels
Nice build Andy. What about painting the wheels silver? Just realised that I think I have the same radio. Hitec? Running a spektrum module in mine.
Cheers Ciderpang 27 I’m actually a fan of the blue wheels but the mo3/05 wheels are silver do you could buy them I guess , yep my radio is a sanea/hitec 49hz combo. Many thanks
The blue wheels are ace, they make the kit for me.
Can’t say I was particularly interested in the Escort, until I have watched this. It looks great. What’s the chances of a full lighting kit?
Thanks Chris , it’s definitely a looker once built :) it goes pretty well also. You can buy a light kit for it which i think it needs. Might be getting one sorted for it
Stunning car
Hi dwarfs thank you and thanks for watching
That's brilliant that is
Thanks very much :)
@@andyrobinsonrc2480 I had one them years ago I built it comes with 3 different cog wheels you can change over one for grass one for sand one for rock 👍
I can't wait to build mine! Since you love rally RC cars, you might want to check my Tamiya Rally RC content. :) Thanks for the tip on building the MFO1x!!
No worries glad you found the video helpful, I’m more into buggy’s than rally but rally cars are cool. Enjoy your build fella it’s a cool kit.
Andy had to subscribe to your channel,watched your videos on this, ivd got to get one, you got upload any upgrades you do awesome. Got to ask you were you get your crapes i love all that stuff and would love a pair
Hi Mollski cheers for subscribing and watching. I will be upgrading it a little bit but there are currently no stock or very litre so will wait to more upgrades are available to buy. I bought my creepers off eBay they are made but company called underground shoes.
@@andyrobinsonrc2480 thank you for quick reply, keep uploading the videos will be getting mine next week, not looking forward to putting the stickers on,im getting those shoes mate
Finally an Escort RC..how does this compare with XV-01 chassis btw? I have that one and it has pretty good handling. Superb actually.
Hi tmx321 to be honest I can’t give you and honest opinion as I’ve not driven it owned an xv01 how ever with that being a dedicated rally chassis and much more tuneable I’d still say it will be a better chassis than the mf01x . The mf01x though is great fun and slides about nicely if you want it to